Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-22
THE PADDOCK TRIAL.
A Large and Important Amount
of Rebuttal Testimony Of
fered by the Defense.
The Defendant in the HaddOck
Murder Trial Takes the
Witness Stand.
The Kvi' ,nce All Submitted and Both
Sides Rest Their Case.
TWELFTH DAY.

Sides Rest Their Case.
TWELFTH DAY.
Court reconvened with G. l. Hamilton, stem
ographer, again on tho stand with a transcript
of Leavitt's testimony. given before the coro-
ner's jury. There Was objection on behalf of
the State to reading the proposed evidence in
the form in which it was offered. and the wit
ness was excused till there was formal identl :
fication.
Tho next witness called was John Dedrich:
1 live in Sioux City. 1 have lived here three
or four years and I am a laborer. On the
night when Haddock was killed I was in
Lerch's saloon on Pearl street 1 know Bis
marck well He was in Lerch's saloon be-
tween Q and 10 o'clock. Bismarck was not
very sober. He staggereda little. Ihcard the
shot fred. Bismarck was with me near the
corner Of Pearl and Fifth streets when the
shot was fred and he was drunk.
Cross-cxaminarlon by the state: J. boarded
four or five years in Sioux CITY.
I don't know the first saloon was III that
evening. l don't know when I first met Bis
1narcl. 1t was in Ierch's saloon. took one
drink with Bismarck. Idon't know how long
] was in the saloon. I don't know how long
after Bismarck and | went out that the shot
was fred-whether it was ten, twenty or thirty
minutes, or one hour or two hours. Idon't
know who was there that night. saw men
coming in.and out. l don't know who they
were. The bartender was there. l don't
know whether I drank one or two glasses that
night Idon't know whether 1 went into the
saloon with Bismarck or not [ don't know
whether he was there or not before me. 1
don't know whether I was sitting dow or
standing up when L first saw Bismarck. I
never spoke to Paul Leader nor John Arens-
dorf about it. [ never mentioned it to a
human being never told ANYBODY where L was;
never told anybody that l saw Bismarck. I
am certain about that 1 never told my room
in California, but [ never mentioned what l
knew to a single human being till | came here
this morning and this is the first time 1 have
told.
and have lived there eleven years. l lived in
Sioux City in 1872, and have been here i'll
Sioux City ut different times since. 1 am a
mason nv trade. Last year I helped lay tho
foundation for tho Hubbard House addition.
I was IN Sioux City on the third of August.
tho Wiling of Haddock. About the time the
shot was fired ] was near the Perry creek
bridge, and I was on the sidewalk beyond Res
segieu's liquor store. | was going over on
heard tho shot fired 1 turned around and
looked east, l saw three men running up
north on Water street, and eight or ten men
scattering about in every direction. / staid
there about five minutes, waiting to see if any
body was running across the bridge. I could
ming across tho bridge. The electric light
made 1t very bright.
&c. Peterson testifes: live in Sioux City,
and have for five years. L have worked at
and came here in August last to visit my
brother. remember the killing of Haddock.
That night after supper Icame up town. 1
came up Fourth street across the bridge to a
saloon anG. took 9 drink. 1 went BACK then,
crossing tho north side Of the bridge. I stood
at the corner of Fourth and Water streets by
the tin shop. Then l met an old friend and
went together north on Water street 1t was
about $50 o'clock. I left him there and went
back south on Water street. 1t was 1910
Star restaurant on tho north side of Fourth
street, near Water street. While there l saw
a buggy drive to the stable on Water street.
Then i'll about two minutes u man came out of
the stable and turned east on Fourth street at
the Columbia House and, just as he got about
two-th,rils across Water street, a man came up
behind him from the Columbia House and
shothim. The man staggered and fell down
aud staggered forward and fell down aga1n
The inan whoAired the shot had on q rubber
coat and light brown straw hat ndlight pants.
He ran north on Water street. I know John
Arensderf. Tn man who fired the shot was
not ,ohn Arensdorf. I did not see him that
night. stayed IN Sioux City twelve days af-
Jef Tue MAECaI di:u lueu W6nG 10 Nebraska
City. From thore I went to Norfolk. At Nor
folk MARSHAL Stanley came and asked me if
knew who had killed Haddock. 1 told him
what I saw and that I Thought it was Jeavitt.
Ho said it was a lie. l told him I was there
and that it was not Arensdorf.
On cross-examination by the State, Peterson
says: He has lived with Kellogg, one Of the
attorneys for the defense since about Christ
mas; that they arc no relation; that he changed
his name from Juhl to Peterson after he came
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evening across the Perry Creek bridge and got
a drink. don't know how far across the
bridge it was where I got the drink. The
drink was beer. I don't know how far the
place was beyond Ressegieu's wholesale liquor
store. Not very far. Ihave been there be-
only once that night. Where got the glass
of beer. I don't now whether it was a frame
or q brick building. 1t was a boarding house
and saloon I stayed there about twenty
woman. boy or child who waited on me. i
don't know whether the beer was poured from
a bottle or drawn from a keg. Idon't know
who was in tho room. Idon't know whether
anybody but myself was in the room. I DOM
know what kind of q light was in the room. ]
don't hnow whether there are steps to the
boardins-house. Idon't know whether the
person who waited on me was behind the bal
or not. had not been across the bridge be-
fore that night 1 don't know when it was
GudO L was UVcI III DElupC DClOIe. L AIQ not
much acquainted in Sioux City. 1 have been
only six months in Sioux City altogether.
The cross-examination of the foregoing
named witness is too extended to give it en-
tire, SO only tho most important points are
given. The witness seems to have been max
ing statements of different kinds, both written
and verbal, to o number of parties. and now
denies them
Henry Van Ingham: Twas called as a wit.
ness by the state and testified a lew days ago.
I am sixty-four years old. I am not sixty
seven years old. I am older than nv brother
who lives an Sioux City. 1 am blind of one
eye-the left eye-and have been ever since ]
was IA years old. 1 can see pretty well, never.
theiess.
THIRTEENTH DAY.
Til first witnesses placed Oh the stand by
the defense this morning were james Junk,
Joseph Borsch. J. H.. Bolton, G. C. Searles,
ID. Mcdonald. Henry Van Ingham and Ryan
Eberhardt. but rs no evidence Of any import
ance was elected. VIC will not reproduce it.
The next two witnesses that appeared on the
stand wore J. @. Hart and Paul Leader. who
claim to have been together all the evening OF
the Sd Of last August, and as their testimony
liz almost tle same III substance, we will sim
ply give that of the latter.
Pau. Leader ~testitcs: I live in Sioux City
and have since 1884 In August last l was the
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